Aug 29 2012

Good Night Keaton reMixes Saint Lou Lou

If you haven’t picked up the new single from Australian girl duo Saint Lou Lou, released this week in Kitsuné, you should. It’s been stuck in my head since last week, and that’s not a bad thing. If something is going to be on repeat in your mind, then this is a pretty good song to have stuck. If you need any more convincing check out the reMix from Good Night Keaton.

Good Night Keaton, is, you’ll know by now, Aaron Shanahan, drummer form the mighty Miami Horror. having just reMixed Gigamesh he’s going from strength to strength with his deep Disco tracks. With Maybe You Good Night Keaton brings his sweeping, all encompassing, Disco to the mix which seems to completely lift the girls catchy vocal hook to a breezy Disco place. Tropical percussion and stabbing retro synths are all present and correct, but Shanahan production style owes a little to the Indie-Elector of Miami Horror, resulting in a fresh summery slice of euphoria.

♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Good Night Keaton reMix)

Saint Lou Lou ‘s Maybe You is out now.

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Aug 29 2012

Goin’ Old School: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark kicks off a full-on SynthPop Goin’ Old School with Enola Gay from 1980.

1983, our favourite Depeche Mode era, spawned Everything Counts.

Although not Erasure’s first single, 1986’s Sometimes was easily their breakthrough tune.

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Aug 29 2012

Heartbeat Stars

Heartbeat Stars, as well as being a fantastic band name, is a little collaboration between fantastic German SynthWave girl Lazercat and fellow German Emski. We’re not sure about much about this project to be honest, or even if it’s going anywhere, only that the vocals in this track are supplied by ‘Nora’. Still, how much do you really need to know with smooth ‘80’s grooves like these?

Obsession is part Electro Boogie, part Synth Funk and a whole lot of ‘80’s R&B flavoured Pop. I don’t know if it’s the B-Boy percussion over the laid back Disco beats, the slick LA Funk synths or the sultry, purred, vocals, but something about this track screams 1986 to me. It’s teaming with the DNA of electronic Pop Soul acts from the late mid-‘80’s with just a little added Nu-Disco for good measure. Obsession is a retro joy.

♫ Heartbeat Stars – Obsession

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Aug 27 2012

Le Crayon & Oxford and Pyramid reMix Saint Lou Lou

Australian girl duo Saint Lou Lou’s Maybe You, which we featured last month, is out today on Kitsuné Music. Amongst the pretty special collection of reMixes, which includes work from CFCF and Good Night Keaton, is this luscious Nu-Disco workout from the team-up of Le Crayon & Oxford and a spacey synth epic by Pyramid.

These two Frenchmen are amazing producers of summery beach party sounds in their own rights, but together they are unstoppable. Combining their funky, carefree Disco grooves and rousing retro synth chords together results in a pure floor filler. Hazy and loaded with twang synth sounds the reMix plays up the emotional power of the original’s vocals and works that into some big dancefloor moments. This is what retro dance is all about. Pyramid’s take on the track invites us into his world of deep, analog, cosmic synths. Working with the dreamy style of the original Pyramid layers rich, evocative, synth tones against sparse beats creating an atmospheric mood of music beauty and a touch of darkness.

♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Le Crayon & Oxford reMix)

♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Pyramid reMix)

Saint Lou Lou ‘s Maybe You is out today.

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Aug 27 2012

Cosmonauts’ ‘Love Me Tonight’

Here’s a new freebie from London’s galactic Disco dons Cosmonauts. The track takes a slightly different slant to the cosmic groove we are used to hearing from them. This time they are dropping a classic sounding early ‘90’s House track

Suitably, for a retro House tune, Love Me Tonight lifts and tweaks the vocal from the classic 1993 House track of the same name from Anthony White. Cosmonaut’s slow things down a bit and slide the vocal into their own interpretation of deep Chicago jams, complete with digital bass, brass stabs and sample trickery. The guys add their own little flavour to the ‘90’s House revival mix by rolling in a little Tropical percussion and a cheeky hit of space-age buzzing synth work. A nice weekend diversion.

♫ Cosmonauts – Love Me Tonight

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Aug 27 2012

Strangers reMixed by Superstringz

Last week saw the quite long awaited proper release of London moody ElectroPop trio Strangers’ Safe/Pain single. The track is doing well and has been generating quite a bit of buzz over the last couple of months, especially after it’s surprise inclusion in the BBC Olympics coverage. To celebrate the release here’s a free reMix from Brazilian producer Superstringz.

The reMix isn’t featured on the single, but weirdly it’s actually better than the reMixes on the release. Superstringz manages to work a rich dance track that still adheres to Strangers general vibe. Loaded with ominous synths and Depeche Mode-esque percussion, the reMix channels Strangers euphoric melancholy into a big House track that still retains all the tracks depth. Go check out Safe/Pain right now, you won;t be disappointed.

♫ Strangers – Safe/Pain (Superstringz reMix)

Safe/Painby Strangers is out now.

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Aug 27 2012

Alfa’s ‘Final Project’

We don’t get to hear nearly enough from Binary crew member Alfa. New tracks are few and far between, but when they do come along it just reminds us why we need to hear more form him. This latest track to surface is titled Final Project, we’re hoping that’s just a title, and not a description.

Final Project is probably the smoothest track Alfa has delivered. From the retro beats and low-down bump of the bassline in the tracks initial bars you know this is going to be a slick ride. The track is laced with warm synths and a groove that’s just right for late night dancefloors. It’s one of those carefree, get lost in it, tunes. The kind that, whist you;re getting down to it, you forget about the world. Sprinkled with little vocal and guitar flourishes, Final Project takes us back to those exciting days of Dreamwave’s formation. Just let it soar.

♫ Alfa – Final Project

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Aug 27 2012

Aeroplane’s August 2012 mix

Aeroplane – August 2012 Mix = Vito’s back with another stunning hour of Disco and House jams. There’s a bit of Maxi Soundsystem in there, a bit of Blende, some Lindstrøm & Todd Terje and even some Saint Etienne, ‘cos we know Vito loves his ElectroPop.

♫ Aeroplane – August 2012 Mix

The tracklist:

01. Compuphonic (Feat. Marques Toliver) – Sunset (DJ T reMix)
02. Adriatique – Motions
03. Delia Ros – Love Rush
04. Luca C & Brigante – Flash of Light (Solomun reMix)
05. H.O.S.H. – HearThuG (Technicolor Main Mix)
06. Saint Etienne – Heading for The Fair (Time & Space Machine reMix)
07. Blende – Fake Love (The Living Islands Tropical Doom Dub)
08. Scandal – Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Soundsystem reMix)
09. Lindstrøm – Eg-Ged-Osis (Todd Terje Extended Edit)
10. Colour Coding – Perfect (Baby Diego reMix)

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Aug 27 2012

Hemingway reMixes Gossip Culture

We featured the original version and a reMix from French SynthWave rocker Tommy, of American ElectroPop producer Gossip Culture ‘s new single, Just Fine With You, a couple of months ago. Now it;s looking like the track is getting it’s proper release soon it seems time to look at the remaining reMix on the single, from the excellent Toronto eclectic Disco producer Hemingway.

Hemingway whips up something a little different for this track. Driven by harsh drum machine beast that are very reminiscent on early Warp Records output. Those raw, shuffling House beats provide a unique backing for Hemmingway’s waves of lush synths. Ryan Sheridan’s hazy Chillwave vocal sits nicely with the reMixes cosmic synths and ‘90’s House touches. It’s a reMix that probably shouldn’t work on paper, with all these conflicting elements, but Hemingway makes everything come together in harmony, and makes it seem effortless.

♫ Gossip Culture – Just Fine With You (Hemingway reMix)

Just Fine With Youis out this summer.

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Aug 24 2012

Silenx’s ‘Hyperion’

A new track from from Portuguese funky retro SynthWave guru Silenx is always cause for celebration, and Friday is just when we like them, it;s something to funk out way into the weekend with. So today is Friday, and Silenx has released this little synthetic groove monster, prefect timing.

Hyperion warbles along on a spikey, rolling Moogy bassline full of funk flourishes laying the groundwork for a cosmic array of ringing chimes and inspiring chords. Silenx has dropped another one of his galactic Disco tunes, once again soundtracking a wondrous journey through deep space. Everything in this track is Sci-Fi evocative. The grumbling bassline the ships engines, the resonant chords the depth of space and the twinkling melodies…well, you can guess where we’re going with this. Silenx always manages to make his tunes both funky as hell and dreamily atmospheric. That’s no mean feat and we salute him for it.